okay, let's do this

Wow, it;s been a really long time since I last updated this thing, I'm still hoping to update it more frequently, but for some reason when I get home, I just don't want to sit down and write about my day for 1/2 an hour. Maybe it has something to do with me getting home at 12 almost every night. Anyway, I'm going to try to update this thing at least 2 times a week, if not more. Well, here's some things that I can remember about the last 3 weeks.

A couple weeks ago I got to work one on one with chef in the kitchen, which means that it was just him and me working the line. This isn't unusual for H5O, since it's usually just me and Amber, or me and Robyn, or Amber and Robyn working the line. But this made me feel good, it kinda made me feel like chef was testing me to see if I was up to his standards as a chef. Monday was dead, I think we did 5-6 heads, but Tuesday was insane, doing about 60-85 heads, and when each person orders 2-3 plates, it really adds up. Long story short, we were busy nonstop on Tuesday days, but it was a good kind of busy. When service was done and chef was getting ready to leave for the night, he turned to me and said "That was a great service Brendan, I can't wait to tell Amber and Robyn about it", I felt so good about myself. After that was all said and done, chef left me to break down the line by myself. He showed me how to clean the flat top and the french top on Monday, so I had no problem with this. I got out at around 11:20ish, which is pretty good considering it was just me.

I went in to work last week to go over some paper work with chef about how well I'm doing as an extern. It has basic questions on it like "does he follow standard recipes"(which we don't have), and "can he properly identify food", just basic things that every chef should know. Now, I got to fill one of these out for myself, and I gave myself some pretty bad scores, I gave myself a couple 2's even, cause I just felt like I should be able to do things a lot faster than I was doing them, and this made me nervous about what Nick was going to say about me. It went a lot better than I hoped it could. I don't think he gave me anything under a 4 during the 20ish question sheet. He even told me that I can do somethings better than everyone else in the kitchen, and that he's probably going to get me hired in the next couple of weeks. That really made my day, and even though I got up at 7 am to do this, I was full of energy and just plain happy.

The next day I had to go back in to work cause I forgot my hours sheet at home. This was okay with me thought because it gave me an excuse to hang out with one of my bestest friends from WCI. Alex was my friend from day 1, and it took me a while to realize that we were even in the same orientation group a month before we started school. Anyways, she works at Cafe Bleu, which is a small cafe that sells things made by students, mainly brownies, sandwiches, bagels, and cookies, along with drinks. I turned in my paperwork and immediately ran down to go hangout with her. We talked about how well our externships are going, comparing different injuries, basic things like that. I think I was there for a couple of hours, because she had to close down for the night. We made plans to try to get a group of us who are still in Oregon to go to the Zoo someday and hangout, than I left thinking that I wouldn't see her again for a while. Well, wouldn't you know it, a max cart broke down somewhere before my stop, so not only was the max late, but when it stopped and opened it's doors, it resembled a bus from India. Crowded, not enough room to stand, and hot from body heat. I decided to take the next one, since it usually isn't as bad. Well, I was wrong, it was worse. But during the wait Alex caught up to me and we got to talk some more.

The Max rolled around again and opened it's doors reviling all the people trapped inside. We made our way up the stairs, only to be pushed in further by a couple of stragglers. The people that got in behind us were pretty cool though, I talked with them for a bit before they got of, like, 2 stops later. After that, nothing really happened, that is, until someone on the Max said something rather scary. I don't remember the whole thing, but it was along the lines of how he curb stomped a "sandniggers" head in when he was in Iraq. The max went silent after this. I mean, dead silent. Non one wanted to upset this angry angry man. Alex, who was standing close to him, turned and looked at me with a worried face, while I was holding back laughter at the absurdity of the conversation. It's nothing to laugh about for sure, I had never once in my life heard someone say something like that with a serious tone in real life. I've heard stuff like that in movies, but it never occurred to me that people actually said things like that in this day and age, and it kinda worried me. The worst part was this guy got off the max at the zoo with a couple of small children. I just wondered what he was teaching them as the max rolled away.

My schedule changed, so now I'm working Friday-Tuesday. It's not so bad, it's just a couple extra hours a week. Friday an Saturday are our busiest night's, and we stay opened till midnight. Like I said, not that bad. I get to go into work later on Friday, which is a plus, I guess. Mainly I'm just hoping that one of these days matches up with Ela's off days so that we can hang with Alex somewhere downtown, maybe go out and get something to eat together.

And finally, Yesterday I stabbed myself in the hand with an oyster shucker. Thank god thee tip was broken, so it didn't go very deep, but still, it hurt. The wound is tiny and unimpressive, but it's on a sensitive part of my hand, so anytime I grab something, it hurts a little. Robyn also told me the I was getting better everyday, and that I was already better than some of the people that they had hired in the last couple of months. I could tell that she meant it too, which made me feel really good.

Okay, that's all I can really remember about those weeks. Hopefully I get the urge to update my blog more often, cause I know that some people actually read it, and I didn't really wanna let them down.